It simply isn’t though – and it deserves its place in this list. The Naim NAC-N 272 could have easily turned out to be too much of a compromise a poor relation to the company’s long established line of dedicated separates.
The digital and analogue sections communicate through optical isolation chips to minimise any interference. Naim being Naim, a great deal of engineering was undertaken to avoid features like wireless connectivity spoiling the sound. But this is also a forward-thinking unit, so there are digital inputs as well as optical and coax connections, and also aptX Bluetooth. It uses a fully analogue preamp section, so performance through the analogue inputs – one DIN and two RCAs – always had the potential to be really good. OK, there's hardly a shortage of music streamers out there that also have a volume control, but he NAC-N 272 isn’t like most of them. Such was the CD5si's success – stealing the crown from our long-reigning favourite Audiolab 8200CD, scooping not only a five-star review from this publication but also our Product of the Year gong in 2013 – that Naim hasn't felt the need to do anything to it since.Įssentially, there are just two things you need to know about the Naim NAC-N 272: it’s a fully featured streaming preamp and it sounds utterly lovely. In terms of musicality and cohesion, it’s spot on." The What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision team listened to this player for hours, and we still enjoyed sitting back to a wholehearted rendition of Red Hot Chilli Peppers’ By The Way.
Under intense review that same year, we commented, "The CD5si bends over backwards to deliver an exuberant and enjoyable performance, and it was its unmatched enthusiasm and concrete drive that we took to instantly.
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We've only gone and mentioned a product from the past decade, haven't we? Naim launched this CD player in September 2012, with an asking price of £995.Įssentially an update on the firm's 2007 CD5 i player, the CD5si featured a new transport mechanism and the Burr-Brown PCM 1793 DAC.
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